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HELP ME!!!! I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVELOPING CHEMICALS!!!
hi, i'm new to developing, and this is probably a basic question but
pleeeeez answer. i'm developing black and wihte paper from my pinhole camera, and when i put the chimicals into the tray, do i have to have a separate tray for the fixer and developer and stop bath? or can i just pour the stuff out of the tray and fill it back up with the next chemical? Pleeez help, thanx |
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HELP ME!!!! I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVELOPING CHEMICALS!!!
Pleeez help, thanx Max, Max, Max. As noted in a earlier thread a gent wrote: For pinhole negatives you need: o A room you can make completely dark, one with running water is best o Photographic paper o Developer chemical o Fixer chemical o Dishes / trays - 2 or 3 large low baking dishes work fine o Red lamp - a red Christmas tree lamp placed so your workspace is as dim as you can tolerate and still work That's it. o Mix developer and fixer according to directions, pour each into a dish, if you have a 3rd dish fill it with water and place it between the developer and fixer dish o Make the room completely dark and turn on the red light o Put the paper in the developer solution for 2 minutes and rock the dish to keep the chemical swirling over the paper, if you have a dish of water then put the paper in the water dish for 30 seconds or so o Pick up the paper and move it to the fixer for 2 minutes, keeping the dish rocking o Rinse the paper under the tap and put into a large sink or tub filled with water, let it sit for 5 minutes, swirl it around now and then o Rinse the print again under the tap o Blot print dry with paper towel and place face up on a bath towel to air dry It is very plain that you need to read the responces before crying for help. The folks here and on other message groups are willing to help. Some have taken time to do just that. Draco Getting even isn't good enough. |
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HELP ME!!!! I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVELOPING CHEMICALS!!!
srry, wow.
I read all the threads, but i guess i didnt catch anything about trays. sorry again for this. thanks |
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HELP ME!!!! I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVELOPING CHEMICALS!!!
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"max" writes: hi, i'm new to developing, and this is probably a basic question but pleeeeez answer. i'm developing black and wihte paper from my pinhole camera, and when i put the chimicals into the tray, do i have to have a separate tray for the fixer and developer and stop bath? or can i just pour the stuff out of the tray and fill it back up with the next chemical? The usual method is to use multiple trays, one for each chemical. It's possible, though, to use one tray and to pour chemicals in and out of the tray instead. Some people prefer this method because it saves space, but I've never used this method, so I can't give first-hand tips on how to do it that way. -- Rod Smith, http://www.rodsbooks.com Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking |
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HELP ME!!!! I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVELOPING CHEMICALS!!!
max wrote:
... can i just pour the stuff out of the tray and fill it back up with the next chemical? Pleeez help, thanx Sure. I've been doing it that way for years. Saves a lot of space. If you pre-wet the paper before pouring in the developer you can use very little volume of solution. I use the chemistry more dilute than usual and give the paper some more time to develop and fix. The chemistry then goes down the drain. It's called one-shot processing. Only one tray is used to process. A second tray is used to hold. Both trays work alternately for washing. Dan |
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HELP ME!!!! I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVELOPING CHEMICALS!!!
max wrote: srry, wow. I read all the threads, but i guess i didnt catch anything about trays. sorry again for this. thanks I see that a few more have spoke to you about trays. Good. There are a lot of folk who are willing to help you in your endever. I have never used a single tray for my work with pin-hole materials. But I can see where it would be an advantage. Using a single tray for both developer and fixer I would get the exposed material wet by soaking it in water for at least a minute before adding the developer. This insures the material is ready to accept the developing solution. Pouring off the water and letting it drip for about ten seconds. I would then pour in the developer and slowly but constantly agitate or rock the tray. This insures the chemistry is well distributed over the sensitized material. After two minutes drain the developer out of the tray and allow another ten seconds of "drip time" before pouring in the fixer. Agitate the tray as before for at least two minutes. This stops the development process and insures the permanence of the image. Then place in a tub of water and "wash" the material to remove the fixer. Washing the print is just a fresh change of water about every other minute. No soap. Now you can take you image out into room light, turn on the lights or what ever. So you can view the image. This will show if for the next piece of material you a need longer/shorter development time. Also if the picture starts to grow darker in the light, it means that the time in the fixer needs to be longer or the fixer a bit stronger. If you are using developing paper(enlarging paper) then you will have to "print" the negative onto another piece of paper. It isn't hard. Just takes time and can be frustrating. Don't worry, most of the people here have gone through what you are now doing. So take your time, Make some notes as to what you did, how long was the exposure, where were you when you took the image and most of all....HAVE FUN. Keep us informed on your progress. Ask questions. Only dumb question is one not asked. But there can be a lot of dumb answers. Draco Getting even isn't good enough. |
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HELP ME!!!! I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVELOPING CHEMICALS!!!
Hello Max,
max wrote: hi, i'm new to developing, and this is probably a basic question but pleeeeez answer. i'm developing black and wihte paper from my pinhole camera, and when i put the chimicals into the tray, do i have to have a separate tray for the fixer and developer and stop bath? or can i just pour the stuff out of the tray and fill it back up with the next chemical? It depends, if you only need to develop a picture ant once and not each day a few, then it is ok to use only 1 tray. But beware of contamination, your developer don't like stop and fix bath or some residues of it... As described in my 1st. post, if you use a drum the contamination risk is not too high if you wash your pictures in the drum for about 5 minutes. Stéphane. -- "Living in the earth is expensive but it does include a free trip around the Sun every year!" http://www.sck-photo.de ( For E-Mail remove the _nospam to write me ) |
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HELP ME!!!! I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVELOPING CHEMICALS!!!
hey guys, thanx for the help. once i develop the photos i'll put them
up. also one more question, can i do more than one photo at a time by like just puting three in the developer at the same time? thanks |
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HELP ME!!!! I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVELOPING CHEMICALS!!!
hey guys, thanx for the help. once i develop the photos i'll put them
up. also one more question, can i do more than one photo at a time by like just puting three in the developer at the same time? thanks |
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